Depends on what your looking for. I have the Bass Exciter. I like it. I keep mine on all the time. I use it as a bass boost. It adds a nice amount of meat to the low end. Plus some low-mid punch. You can also get nice shimmering highs out of it. It also helps in my effects chain with pedals that lose some low end. However, I dosent have a dedicated mid control. It doesn't have overdrive either. So If your looking for more control of your tone w/ overdive I would go with the sansamp. Best thing to do is go down to GC w/ your bass and try both out.

I have both of the effects in question. And I would say Get both of them. They work together phenomenally. But if I had to choose I would go with the sansamp. I can't live without my RBI. Just made my bass sound 10 times better.

I have both of the effects in question. And I would say Get both of them. They work together phenomenally. But if I had to choose I would go with the sansamp. I can't live without my RBI. Just made my bass sound 10 times better.

Adam

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Good to know...I'm waiting fo the sansamp programmable bass driver pedal, thats supposed to come out today. Anyone know whats up with that?

They really do different things, I have the Aphex box, and it's a good little unit. It's nice way to get a "big" sound without cranking everything up to 11. On the other hand, the Sansamp will (from what I've read) give the sort of overdrive that you may be looking for to create a Matt Freeman-type tone.